Ashlyn Krueger and Naomi Osaka will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Western & Southern Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Naomi Osaka who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Naomi Osaka is the pick to win this match.
Naomi Osaka -> 1.41
Ashlyn Krueger -> 2.76

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Prediction and head to head Ashlyn Krueger vs. Naomi Osaka

There is no head to head record between Ashlyn Krueger and Naomi Osaka since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Ashlyn Krueger

Ranked no. 82, Ashlyn reached the qualifications after defeating Moyuka Uchijima 6-2 6-0.

In the qualifications, Krueger had a good straight sets win against Uchijima (6-2 6-0). During the match, Krueger scored 61 points vs Uchijima’s 36. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Krueger made 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Ashlyn Krueger was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (24/32) of her 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Uchijima 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

Krueger has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 58% of her matches (129-95). 12-11 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Krueger has a compiled84-62 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.

The American has a composed 22-20 win-loss record in 2024, 12-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Krueger has never competed in this tournament before.

Naomi Osaka

Ranked no. 95, Osaka reached the qualifications after beating Anna Blinkova 6-2 2-6 6-2.

In the qualifications, Naomi defeated Blinkova (6-2 2-6 6-2). During the match Osaka scored 83 points vs Blinkova’s 73. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Osaka fired 8 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Naomi Osaka lost the serve 4 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Osaka put 46% of her first serves in, winning 73% (24/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. Naomi broke Blinkova 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).

The Japanese has a compiled 18-15 win-loss record in 2024, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Krueger	Osaka
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	14	24
Pts	61-36	83-73
Total Points	97	156
Winners	24	24
%Winners	39%	29%

Both Krueger and Osaka played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Naomi Osaka dropped 1 set while Ashlyn Krueger hasn’t lost a set so far. Krueger has played 1 set(s) less than Osaka (2 vs 3). Therefore, Krueger played 10 games less than Osaka. Krueger scored 24 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese made 24 winners (29%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Krueger	Osaka
Aces	2	8
Avg per match	2	8
1st in	32/47	33/72
%1st in	68%	46%
1st pts	24/32	24/33
%1st pts	75%	73%
2nd pts	8/15	19/39
%2nd pts	53%	49%

Krueger struck 2 aces . Osaka struck 8 aces . Krueger won 75% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Osaka won 73% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Krueger	Osaka
Won	5	6
Converted	5/7	6/13
% Converted	71%	46%
Conceded	0	11
Saved	0	7
% Saved	0%	64%
Times Broken	0	4

Krueger broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Krueger extremely effective on her serve as she has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Japanese broke her opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Naomi conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.

Krueger
	Q1 Uchijima	Total
Score	6-2 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	14
pts	61-36	61-36
Total points	97	97
Winners	24	24
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	32/47	32/47
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	24/32	24/32
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	8/15	8/15
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Osaka
	Q1 Blinkova	Total
Score	6-2 2-6 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	24	24
pts	83-73	83-73
Total points	156	156
Winners	24	24
%Winners	29%	29%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	33/72	33/72
% 1st in	46%	46%
1st pts	24/33	24/33
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	19/39	19/39
% 2nd pts	49%	49%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/13	6/13
Converted %	46%	46%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	7/11	7
Saved %	64%	64%
Times Broken	4	4

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